Community Board Grant Program in Canada: Single-year Grant of up to $20,000
Deadline: 9-Mar-22
The TELUS Friendly Future Foundation Community Board Grant Program is now open to support as many registered charities as possible.
The TELUS Community Boards provide a collaborative and unique funding model enabling local community leaders to make recommendations on grants supporting at-risk youth across Canada. Canadian registered charities that offer community-based health, education or technology programs for at-risk youth are eligible to apply.
The TELUS Community Boards, funded by the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation, support local grassroots initiatives from Canadian registered charities who focus on vulnerable youth through health, educational and technology programs.
Funding Information
Your program will achieve success with a single-year grant of up to $20,000, with the exception of the TELUS Barrie & Simcoe County Community Board whose maximum grant is $10,000
Funding Criteria
To qualify for funding, your organization meets the following criteria:
You are a Canada Revenue Agency registered charity located and operating within a TELUS Community Board region with a stated focus on serving at-risk youth
Your programs create measurable community health and technology outcomes
Your organization has not applied to any TELUS Friendly Future Foundation funding channel more than once per calendar year and your organization has not received a grant from any TELUS Friendly Future Foundation funding channel within the past 24 months
Ineligible Criteria
Requests considered ineligible for TELUS Community Board Grants include:
Fiduciary intermediary relationships, where a non-profit organization leverages the charitable status of another registered charity
Community-based programs of religious organizations that are unable to show a history of non-denominational participation by the broader community
Programs with an active grant application to any other funding channel of the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation
Requests for TELUS products and services or laptops, tablets and mobile phones
Requests for sponsorships, advertising, retroactive funding and international programs
Requests for capital campaigns, endowments or debt reduction campaigns
Deadlines
British Columbia
Vancouver Community Board
January 7, 2022
March 18, 2022
July 29, 2022
September 9, 2022
Vancouver Island Community Board
April 5, 2022
August 9, 2022
September 27, 2022
Thompson Okanagan Community Board
January 28, 2022
April 6, 2022
September 9, 2022
Alberta
Edmonton Community Board
March 9, 2022
July 7, 2022
September 7, 2022
Calgary Community Board
March 22, 2022
July 13, 2022
September 20, 2022
Manitoba
December 31, 2022
March 18, 2022
August 19, 2022
Ontario
Greater Toronto Area Community Board
January 27, 2022
March 30, 2022
August 4, 2022
September 14, 2022
Barrie and Simcoe County Community Board
April 7, 2022
September 22, 2022
Ottawa Community Board
January 28, 2022
March 11, 2022
August 26, 2022
Quebec
Montreal Community Board
January 28, 2022
March 31, 2022
July 15, 2022
September 29, 2022
Rimouski Community Board
January 21, 2022
April 29, 2022
September 30, 2022
Quebec City Community Board
January 28, 2022
April 22, 2022
October 7, 2022
Atlantic Canada
January 15, 2022
June 1, 2022
October 1, 2022
For more information, visit https://www.friendlyfuture.com/en/foundation/apply-for-funding